Closet



F- X. WlLD.

CLOSET.

APPLlCATION FILED MAR. 2|. 1921.

Patented une 13, 1922.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESSGS FRANK X. 'WILD, OF AMHERST, WISCONSIN.

CLOSET.

Application filed March 21, 1921.

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Be it known that I, FnANK X. ine, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amherst, in the county of Portage and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Closets, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in chemical closets, the principal object oi the invention being to provide means for facilitating the emptying thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide valve means for controlling the outlet oi. the closet with means for actuating said valve means.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying draw ings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view ot the invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view with the cover removed.

Figure 3 view.

In these views 1 indicates the container which is provided with an outlet 2 in its bottom which is connected with a drain 3. The bottom of the container slopes to the outlet as shown at 4. A valve 5 is adapted to close the outlet, said valve consisting of a plate which is hingedly connected with the bottom, as at 6, and is adapted to engage a is an enlarged sectional detail Specification of Letters Iratent.

Patented June 13, 1922.

Serial No. 454,123.

seat 7 suitably formed to provide a tight joint when the valve is closed. The valve stem 8 is formed of two parts connected together by a spring 8 and the upper part of this stem is connected with a hook 9 by a turn buckle 10. The hook 9 is provided with a handle 9. This hook engages the top of the container and is so adjusted by the turn buckle as to place tension upon the spring 8 so as to hold the parts with the valve 5 in closed position when the hook is engaging the top of the container.

From the above it will be seen that the container can be easily and quickly emptied by removing the hook from the upper edge of the container and permitting the valve to swing downwardly to open the outlet so that the contents can pass into the drain.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the combination and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

h at I claim is A device of the class described comprising a container, an outlet at its lower end, a drain connected with said outlet, a downwardly opening valve plate hinged to the bottom of the container, a two-part rod swiveled at one end to the valve plate, a spring connecting the two parts together, a turn buckle attached to the rod and a hooked member connected with the turn buckle and.

adapted to engage the upper edge of the con tainer.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK X. WILD. 

